Rerailer.



R. T. RANDALL.

BERAILER.

APPLICATION FILED mus. 19m.

1 ,262,560. Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

2 SHEETS,SHEET I.

' Mill Springs, in the county of nrrcnnnn T. RANDALL, or MILL srnmes, Mrsso ni.

RERAILER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

Application filed January-25, 1918. Serial 1110. 213,743.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RITCHARD T. RANDALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVayne and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rerailers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to railway rolling stock, and has for its object to produce an extremely simple, cheap and thoroughly effective means whereby a derailed car may be easily and quickly guided again upon the rails of a track.

. Other objects and advantages will appear as the nature of the invention is more fully understood, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a plan view illustrating the application of the improvement.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the manner in which a car derailed to the opposite side of a track upon which they device is illustrated as in Fig. 1, may be directed upon the track.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation looking toward the device as illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the lowering block.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the guide employed in connection with the block.

Fig 6 is a sectional view approximately on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

Fig. '7 is a sectional view approximately on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6. T

In the drawings, the ties of the railway track are indicated by the numerals 8 and rails, secured upon the said ties by the numerals 9.

It is to be understood that right and left hand blocks are employed with my improvement, the same, however, are identical in construction, but one of the blocks is arranged to be received upon the left hand side of the track as indicated in Fig. 1, while the other block is shaped to be arranged upon the right hand side of the track as indicated in Fig. 2. Each of the blocks is, therefore, indicated by the numeral 10, and each comprises a member constructed to form two sides 11 and 12 respectively, each of the said sides having its lower edge provided with an outstanding fiange 13 forming the base for the block. The sides are connected by a web 14 which has its under face horizontally straight and the lower wall of the said web is in a line with the under face of the heads 15 and 16 formed on the respective sides 11 and 12. The web 14 has its upper face arranged at an upward inclination or the same is rounded upwardly from the beveled or inclined ends 17 and 18 of the heads 15 and 16 respectively. The web 11 is continued asuitable distance below the head 15, extending outwardly from the head as indicated by the numeral 19. The head 16 is horizontally straight throughout the length thereof, but the head 15. is rounded from the inner to the outer end thereof.

By reference to the drawings, it willbe noted that the head 15 terminates approximately centrally of the head 16, and also by reference to the said drawings it will be seen that the wide extension 19 is formed upon the side 12 as well as being connected with or formed on the inner face or side of the head 15. The side 1'6, at what I have termed the inner edge thereof, is, upon its inner face beveled as at 20, providing an angular pocket between the said end of the side 11 and the rail 9 upon which the block is arranged. The sides 11 and 12 are spaced a distance approximately equaling the thickness of the head of the rails 9, so that the inner edges of the heads15 and 16 will rest directlyupon the heads or ball of the said rail.

I employ both an inner and an outer re.- railing rail indicated by the numerals 21 and22 respectively. Both of theserails are inclined downward from their inner to their outer ends, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, and both of the said rails havetheir inner'ends cut at opposite inclinations as indicatediby the numerals 23 and 24; respectively. One of the inclined ends of the rail 21 is designed torest against the inner face-of one of the track rails 9', as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, and preferably the rail 21 at the outer end thereof is provided with a spur 25 which is designed to enter one of the ties 8 and serves as a pivot point, whereby the rail 20 may be swung in proper engagement with the side of the track rail 9. The rerailing'rail 22 has its head cut away at its inner end as indicated by the numeral 26 so that the oppositely beveled sides of the said end may be received in the angular pocket provided between the side member 11 of the block 10 and the outer side of the track rail 9.

It is believed from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the drawings, that the simplicity and advantages as well as the operation of the device will be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventions appertain, the derailed car wheels being arranged to travel over the re-railing car rails 21 and 22 so that the flanges of one of the wheels may be directed by the rerailing rail 21 against the inner face of the head of one of the track rails 9, and the bearing surface of the said wheel positioned upon the said track. In a like manner, the flanges of the opposite wheels will be directed by the rerailing rail 22 causing the flanges of the said wheels to passbetween the inclined confronting ends of the heads 15 and 16 of the block 10,0ver the Web 14 and following the contour from the inner end a'nd'inner face of the head 16 of said wheels will travel over the extension 19 and over the rounded tread surface of the head 16 on to the second track rail 9.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is: V

1. In a. rerailing device for railroad rolling stock, a block, said block comprising spaced sides each provided witha head, and designed to be arranged over one of the track rails, one of said heads having a straight bearing surface,-the otherhead having its bearing surface rounded from its inner to its .outer end and its said inner end terminating inwardly of the outer end of the first. mentioned head, both of the heads having their confronting faces arranged at a similar angle, a web connecting the angular ends of the heads'below the tread surface of the heads, a latch on the side of one of the heads forming a continuation of the web, and rerailing rails each having its inner end arranged at an angle whereby one of the said rails may be positioned against one of thetrack rails, and the other rerailing rail may be positioned between the sides of the block at the inner end of one of the said sides.

2. In a car replacer, a rerailing block com prising a member including a member channeled longitudinally from the under face thereof to provide two spaced sides and a provide a pocket between the sameand the 7 side of the rail, and rerailing rails, one of which being; pivotally connected to one of the ties and the other having a reduced end received in the referred to pocket.

3. Ina car replacing device, a block which is channeled longitudinally from its under face to provide two spaced sides, the inner corners of which are depressed. longitudinally and the outer corners of which are flanged outwardly whereby the block may be arranged over a rail to reston the base flanges thereof and'on the ties supporting the rail, each of the sides being formed with aninwardly flanged head, one of the heads presenting a straight surface and the other head being rounded from its inner to its outer end, each of the heads terminating approximately equidistant from the center of the block, said heads, at the confronting portions thereof being inclined in the same direction, a horizontally straight web connecting the saidheads at the beveled portions thereof, a flange providing an, extens sion forthe said web on the inner face-0f the rounded head, the side. having the rounded headhaving its inner edge be eled providing a pocket between the said side and one of the sides of the rail, rerailing rails each comprising a member inclined from its inner to its outer end and its inner end beveled in opposite directions whereby to contact with the sides of the rails and be arranged at an angle with respect to the said main rails, one ofsaid rerailing blocks hav ing its inner end reduced whereby to be received in the referred to pocket, and a pivot member securing the other rail to one of the ties.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

RITCHARD T. RANDALL.

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